VISA Received! Time to Order Green Card?

Thank you folks for all the info and supports!!! My wife finally received her VISA last week. In her passport, there are two VISA stickers, one is CR1 which was stamped with "Cancelled Without Prejudice", another is IR1 which is valid.

My question is that is it the time to order green card now? I remember I have seen that the green card could be ordered and issued before entering the US. How could we do this?

Thank you folks for all the info and supports!!! My wife finally received her VISA last week. In her passport, there are two VISA stickers, one is CR1 which was stamped with "Cancelled Without Prejudice", another is IR1 which is valid.

My question is that is it the time to order green card now? I remember I have seen that the green card could be ordered and issued before entering the US. How could we do this?

Thank you!!!

No - the green card is ordered only when the applicant enters the U.S., provided the green card fee has been paid. PAYING for it is a separate operation that may be done at any time after the visa is awarded, like Dan said.

Some poor guy traveling back to USwas denied boarding by incompetent gate agents because he "only" had a I-551 stamp [/size]in his passport (but no green card).

The key point, I guess is that the stamp in your passport and the green card are both I-551 documents -- they are essentially equivalent.

Yes it includes travel, my MIL entered the US in an IR-5 visa last July, and we then went over to Canada to attend a Scottish festival, the Canadian and American guards had no issues with the I-551 notation at the land crossings.